"roebuck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-roebuck.ogg [US] Forms: roebucks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|roobukke}} Middle English roobukke, {{compound|en|roe|buck|gloss2=male deer}} roe + buck (“male deer”), {{doublet|en|rhebok}} Doublet of rhebok Head templates: {{en-noun}} roebuck (plural roebucks)
  1. A male roe deer. Categories (lifeform): Cervids, Male animals Derived forms: roebuck-berry Translations (male roe deer): sorkadh [masculine] (Albanian), kaproll [masculine] (Albanian), يَحْمُور (yaḥmūr) (Arabic), corciu (Asturian), сръндак (srǎndak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), srnec [masculine] (Czech), reebok [masculine] (Dutch), metsäkaurisuros (Finnish), cerf (du chevreuil) [masculine] (French), cjavrûl [masculine] (Friulian), Rehbock [masculine] (German), ruaphoc [masculine] (Irish), capriolo [masculine] (Italian), sarnik [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), ropaka (Maori), roobukke (Middle English), kozioł [animate, masculine] (Polish), rogacz [animate, masculine] (Polish), corço [masculine] (Portuguese), căprior [masculine] (Romanian), саме́ц косу́ли (saméc kosúli) [masculine] (Russian), срндаћ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srndać [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srnjak [masculine] (Slovene), ciervo (del corzo) [masculine] (Spanish), råbock (Swedish), caeriwrch [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-roebuck-en-noun-D5HA7hvE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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